• Anastasis Academy - Classroom Management - professional development

    Acting on hindsight #edchat

    I hate that we have to do trainings like this.  I really do. It breaks my heart that within 15 minutes of Anastasis 3 major school shootings have taken place.  I hate that I know what it is like to wait on the outside. That I know intimately how it breaks families when their child is the one.  That I also know what it is like to worry about kids I’ve known since they were 5. It doesn’t get easier. I also hate that we have to do fire drills. The reality of why we have to do those drills…

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    Beyond Lockdown: Invitation for #Colorado educators to join for FREE

    I’ve been radio silent in the blogging world since the shooting at Arapahoe high school. It hurts. I hate that this has happened again. I hate that the waiting to hear from former students felt so familiar. I ache that all kids live in a world where school isn’t always a safe place. The week before the shooting at Arapahoe, the kids at Anastasis were creating bracelets, paper airplanes, and a video for the Sandy Hook community and I wrote this post on our school blog. It’s hard to write about new technology finds and educational tools when you ache…